After no sign all day the Roseate Tern reappeared in The Bight just after 19.30 before again departing upriver half an hour later. Also around The Bight today at least 124 Sandwich, three Common and an Arctic Tern. Plenty of birds seemed to be carrying fish although birds are mostly foraging in the estuary.
Other counts over high tide included 549 Oystercatcher, 261 Curlew, 127 Redshank, 55 Whimbrel, 19 Mediterranean and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, 15 Dunlin, 13 Greenshank, six Sanderling, six Eider, five Ringed Plover, two Knot and single Bar-tailed Godwit and Turnstone.
Elsewhere watching over the morning tide a 2cy male Peregrine was on Finger Point, a Snipe flew in off the sea and eight Common Scoter, six Manx Shearwater and a Great Northern Diver were offshore.
Other Wildlife: A Bright Wave was an unexpected discovery in the dunes, the first Warren and just the fourth Devon record for this rare migrant and Kent resident. One in Dorset last week was just the sixth county record. Unfortunately this one eluded both the focus and a pot!
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| Bright Wave - Kevin Rylands |
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